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Imanuel Marcus

Living in New Haven, Connecticut does not make anyone sit in the center of the world, but far from it. Still, this is the place where a strong voice has developed, a voice spreading revolutionary thoughts, telling tales of anything from justice to love and sex. Akua Naru is a story teller, an advocate for justice and a poet thinking about love and…

Jennifer Holliday is one of the most powerful Soul voices ever recorded, or ever seen on a Broadway stage. She is being celebrated and does have many fans, but it seems she would have deserved a lot more.
"Your Arms Too Short to Box With God" was the first musical she took part in. When she was only 21, she got the biggest role of her career. On…

Charlie Stacey first discovered the piano at the age of 8 through imitating recordings of boogie-woogie and stride piano he heard on the radio. From there, he continued to listen and imitate obsessively, adding Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Keith Jarrett, Sun Ra and Mccoy Tyner to his list of favourites, as the years went on.
He became competent at…

Imany, a former model from France, who has lived in the United States extensively and later became a vocalist, is starting her "The Wrong Kind of War" tour, during which she will introduce her new album of that title.Unlike many other Soulful voices, e.g. from Enland or the United States, Imany does not seem to have grown into singing in Gospel…